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dmcessential wrote:I've invested too much in mine and love it too much to let a few hours hard graft stop me

What was the main giv in urs? Lack of oil pressure r what

You were safely tucked up in yours when I saw it. I'd just come off judging the BMW's and it was freezing so you were in the right place :D

Mine is a manual estate and is off road as I'm in the middle of fitting it's 5th engine. I came to Belfast a few years ago to buy yours to rob it of the ...

dmcessential wrote:Yeh saw it at dubshed dude. Maybe next year I'll get mine over if its working....took my mk1 cabby instead

What's urs mate? What's wrong with it? Was I talking to u

been a while from iv updated so best get some pics up

front seemed a bit bare, something missing, so straight fronm the father land, genuine parts
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so when I put the p-zeros on the rack ...

been a while from iv updated so best get some pics up

front seemed a bit bare, something missing, so straight fronm the father land, genuine parts
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so when I put the p-zeros on the rack ...

right back to the story line.wheels refurbished i got my self some new shoes for the bbs.

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went for some perrelli P-zero rosso's 225/45/17's

so slapped them on ...

welcome lad, from armagh myself

get the pics up

Ther a great job compared to the standard tdi ones, you'll. really see some difference in braking

mini_dub wrote:Very smart nice and oem

You got the 334mm brakes on this ?

Aye as standard I think

right so i scrapped up a few quid and got the guy at www.polishedalloys.co.uk to give them a refurb. so ya can see the state they where in above in my other pics, heres how i got them back


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I wouldn't mind the W8 myself!

I love my V8's, it would be nice to put the W8 to test as well one day!


Tell us more about the A6, that thing looks sweet!
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Greg

She was a 2.5 tdi 140 6 speed, cut springs and shortened shocks, bbs reps, 8 ...

I did think of changing colour but I'm gonna be boring and try keep her fairly original

so i stuck the W8 up on stands and took off my wheels

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took the tyres of to get the rims ready to send of for full refurb.
getting acid dipped and fully repainted

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fella done me a bit of photoshoping. im for taking the wheels of shortly for refurb and had the notion for a colour change but just aint made my mind up.
whats yas think

silver
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gortex wrote:Good news.

Aye so have her tucked up in the shed so might pull the wheels off her and get the tyres off the rims to get them preped for paint soon

well how did it fare in the mot did u get a pass?

yes and no lol...
took her up to test and failed, the only thing they turned me down on was drivers side headlight. pattern not bright enough for their beam setter to pick up on. i did see this when i set the lights but thought id try her through ...

Aye she's up for mot today, fingers crossed I didn't miss nothing

so havnt booked in for mot as yet so thought id waxoil underneath of the w8,
got her in over the pit for a look
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Cheers for the help boys

Very cool! Pretty rare these W8's i assume? Can't say i've ever seen one, but then ain't really been looking as such,

That Audi was stunning too! Real nice looker!


Apparently there's only 20 w8 manual estates in the uk, there is one forsale here at the minute fresh outa the police service there ...

right so mot time has come. and as i never take a car to a car wash i even do the mot wash wash myself. so got the jack out, whipped the wheels off and go the scrubbing brush out.

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so decided to be real fussy and got the degreaser out to take ...

iv the w8 off the road at the minute doing some mot work and want to service engine and change gearbox and rear diff oil when im at it,

as its my first time servicing the w8 what im looking to know is what grade of oil should i use and how much of it is needed?checked the castrol uk site but it ...

Looking tidy lad keep the updates coming

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Not badly priced

Do we reckon this would work on the 2.8 V6 4MOTION as well?
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Wanna get them in her before dubshed nxt year and set her on Helios